Franchisees elect presidents of Clockwork Home brands

Clockwork Home Services Inc. has named presidents for its three brands, including a U.S. Air Force veteran, a family business owner and an entrepreneur who built a franchise from the ground up.

Lenny Siers, Jamie Wilkie and Keresa Richardson were elected presidents of One Hour Air Conditioning & Heating, Mister Sparky and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, respectively, following a vote of franchisees of each of the different brands of the Sarasota company.

Each president will serve two years and will be charged with building and protecting the brand while assisting in the profitable growth of the individual franchise members. The company did not say how it would compensate the three presidents.

Siers will oversee 280 franchises in Clockwork Home’s HVAC division from is Niceville office where he had $5.6 million in sales last year and was named Franchise of the Year in 2007. He spent eight years in the Air Force before starting out as a one-man, one-truck operation.

Wilkie, who owns and operates a Mister Sparky franchise in Greenville, S.C., was influenced by his grandfather, also a master electrician, and acquired his franchise in 2007. He started as an electrician in a residential new construction firm and worked his way to owning his own franchise.

Richardson opened her first Benjamin Franklin franchise in 2000 with her husband, J.R., in Dallas. They now have 30 employees in their Dallas franchise and 50,000 customers. The couple also owns plumbing franchises in San Antonio and Houston.

Clockwork Home announced in November it would give franchisees a chance to elect brand presidents with Tab Hunter, former president of franchise operations for Clockwork Home, serving as a consultant.